FAQ

Who takes all of your photos? My husband takes a lot of my photos and was my photographer when I first started. Now I have another photographer I use on a regular basis. But I still love having Michael shoot me!

What self-tanner do you use? I shared all my favorite products and tips for the perfect sunless tan in a blog post here.

What’s your advice for new bloggers? You don’t grow overnight, this takes time. Make sure you are able to post consistently and include high quality images before you decide to start blogging seriously. Make sure to network yourself, by visiting other blogs and commenting. Use trending hashtags that are relevant on instagram and twitter. Blogging is very fun, but a lot of hard work and dedication. Good things don’t come easy, ever!

What type of camera do you use? We use this camera here and this lens here.

How can you grow your instagram?

Take high quality, well lit photos and post consistently. Tag brands you are wearing on instagram for a possible feature/regram. Use relevant hashtags and post at peak times of the day. Instagram now has analytics that show you what times have the best engagement from your audience.

What instagram filters do you use?

To edit photos taken on my phone, I use Afterlight, VSCO and Snapseed are all my favorites.

Capturing Moments with HP Sprout

I think we all can agree our kids seem to grow up in a blink of an eye. I cannot believe Sutton is already 14 months. She is walking, running, laughing, playing peek-a-boo and with her baby doll…I want to freeze time and just keep her at this age. There are so many memories I want to cherish, hold on to and never forget. When I go to write in her memory book, I catch myself forgetting what her milestones and favorite things were just a month ago. Call it mom brain or just overload on how much they change and do from month to month. Can I tell you how many times, I have found myself packing away certain items of Sutton and saying how I need to create a shadow box or do something with them?!

When HP asked me to try out their Sprout 3D Capture I excitedly said, yes please! I knew exactly what I would be using the HP 3D Capture for…all of Sutton’s physical items that I wanted to document forever. When we first tried out the 3D capture stage, we scanned Sutton’s crown she wore for her first birthday party. It was crazy to me, I could just scan an object and have a digital 3D replica of her things. Like seriously, 3D. I kinda of went ‘scan crazy’ from there. I scanned a bunch of cute items from her first birthday party, next it was scans of all her polaroids I took of her each week in her first year. These were pictures I didn’t have a digital file of but wanted them in digital form, since it was a picture of her every week, in the same spot, with the same toy for the first year of her life.

I have yet to use every feature on our Sprout, but each day I am discovering new ways to use it and document our memories as a family. Stay tuned to see more of my creations.